CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.23657, Longitude: -0.38597
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Cambes-en-Plaine is a village 7 kilometres north-west of Caen.
Take the road from Caen towards Courseulles-sur-Mer, the D79, and turn off to the right 6 kilometres north of Caen on the D79B. This will bring you to the village centre of Cambes-en-Plaine opposite the church. Turn left towards the north side of the village and turn right after 500 metres. The War Cemetery will then be found after 350 metres on the right hand side.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
A unit of the East Riding Yeomanry, R.A.C., in support of the 3rd British Infantry Division, reached the northern outskirts of Cambes-en-Plaine on the 9th June. Here they found the Germans dug in and the advance to Caen was halted.
The original burials date from 8-12 July 1944, when the final attack on Caen (Operation Charnwood) was in progress. By noon on 9 July, most of Caen, north of the river Orne, had been captured.
More than half of the burials here belong to the 59th (Staffordshire) Division, in particular units of The South Staffordshire Regiment and The North Staffordshire Regiment, which was involved in this battle.
The cemetery contains 224 Second World War burials. It was designed by P.D. Hepworth.
Total Burials: 224.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 23.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
7016406 Rifleman
Edward Francis Bailey
2nd Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles
9th June 1944, aged 25.
Row J. 9.
Son of James and Florence Ann Bailey; husband of Mary Bell Bailey, of Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire.
Edward Francis Bailey
2nd Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles
9th June 1944, aged 25.
Row J. 9.
Son of James and Florence Ann Bailey; husband of Mary Bell Bailey, of Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire.
5783510 Private
Kingsley Barrell
7th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment
8th July 1944, aged 21.
Row K. 4.
Son of Albert and Amy Barrell, of Briercliffe. Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Call Was Sudden The Blow Severe To Part With One We Loved So Dear. Mother And Dad"
Kingsley Barrell
7th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment
8th July 1944, aged 21.
Row K. 4.
Son of Albert and Amy Barrell, of Briercliffe. Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Call Was Sudden The Blow Severe To Part With One We Loved So Dear. Mother And Dad"
14660279 Private
Dennis Samuel Jones
2/6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
8th July 1944, aged 19.
Row A. 9.
Son of Samuel and Edith Jones, of Ironville, Nottinghamshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Everloving memory Of Our Dear Son And Brother. Memories Will Keep Him Ever Near"
Dennis Samuel Jones
2/6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
8th July 1944, aged 19.
Row A. 9.
Son of Samuel and Edith Jones, of Ironville, Nottinghamshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Everloving memory Of Our Dear Son And Brother. Memories Will Keep Him Ever Near"
